The work conducted by the researchers from Erlangen and Bayreuth and the possibilities of printing artificial silk proteins using 3D printing technology therefore represent the first steps towards future methods for engineering
functional cardiac tissue.
Not exact matches
Among these are evaluation of
cardiac function in real time, mapping of water diffusion and temperature in
tissue, mapping of organ blood pool and perfusion,
functional imaging of the central nervous system, depiction of blood and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics, and movie imaging of the mobile fetus in utero.
«For 2D or 3D
cardiac tissue to be
functional it needs the same high cellular density and the cells must be in contact to facilitate synchronized beating.»
A previous study from the MGH team found that injecting B cells into
cardiac tissue damaged by a heart attack improved structural and
functional recovery in an animal model.
In this study, the presence of tau protein in
cardiac tissue is confirmed and the
functional role in the cardiovascular system and the consequences of its loss were explored.